"You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome. I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere," Weinstein told Taki of the Spectator. "You got lotsa girls, no girl looked at me until I made it big in Hollywood."

He then admitted, "Yes, I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did and still does everyone. But I never, ever forced myself on a single woman."

Weinstein, accompanied by his lawyer Ben Brafman, also alleged that two of his most outspoken accusers, Rose McGowan and Asia Argento, were lying when McGowan claimed Argento had an open relationship with late boyfriend Anthony Bourdain.

"Her friend McGowan claimed that Asia and Anthony had an open relationship," Taki wrote of his conversation with Weinstein. "It was obviously not true, says Harvey, but dead men tell no tales, so the girls made it up."

Asia Argento, left, accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, a claim her late boyfriend, Anthony Bourdain, supported before his death earlier this year. (Reuters)

The interview comes nearly two months after Weinstein entered a not guilty plea at a New York courthouse on June 5, when he was arraigned on rape and criminal sex act charges.

The hearing in Manhattan came after a grand jury indicted the former movie mogul on charges involving two women.

One alleged victim, who has not been identified publicly, told investigators that Weinstein cornered her in a hotel room and raped her. The other accuser, former actress Lucia Evans, has gone public with her account of Weinstein allegedly forcing her to perform oral sex at his office in 2004.

Dozens more women have accused him of sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to assault.

The 66-year-old Weinstein has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. His lawyer has challenged the credibility of his alleged victims and says his client is confident he is going to clear his name.

Brafman called the rape allegation "absurd," saying that the accuser and Weinstein had a decade-long, consensual sexual relationship that continued after the alleged 2013 attack.

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You know too many times I'd see a hot woman with terrible acting skills and wonder how that was even possible. Hollywood is full of actors; directors have technology that allow them to reshoot; how in the world do bad actors make it to the screen? Well now we know.

Also I bet Harvey gets a royalty check this month that would take me years to match. You know nothing will come from this and he's going to live a life you couldn't ever dream of.

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You know too many times I'd see a hot woman with terrible acting skills and wonder how that was even possible. Hollywood is full of actors; directors have technology that allow them to reshoot; how in the world do bad actors make it to the screen? Well now we know.

Also I bet Harvey gets a royalty check this month that would take me years to match. You know nothing will come from this and he's going to live a life you couldn't ever dream of.

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